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This is just such a dumb, broad-stoked take.

Posted on: August 7, 2020 at 09:26:46 CT
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But let’s not judge the gig worker who decides to sleep late on a Wednesday instead of showing up at a boring desk job from 9-5, or the community college student who drops out to take a second job waiting tables, or the 25-year-old who, with no savings, decides to fly to Coachella on a whim, or the mother of four who spends money on a giant television that she can’t afford. The new American Dream has new values and new aspirations. Savings, security, and predictability just aren’t part of the story.


I'm a millennial and know dozens of others and this does not describe many one of those millenials any more than boomers I know. My brother-in-law spent $50k on a F150 and then two weeks later, my boomer father-in-law spent $60k on an F250 to pull his new airstream. Both make less than $100k in their household and really can't afford the toys they buy.
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The AmericanDream - jumbo73 MU - 8/7 08:40:23
          I don't think that's a "this" generation thing - playhard NWMSU - 8/7 10:12:44
               I take offense at that - Tptiger MU - 8/7 11:59:37
               poor comparison IMO - XRob MU - 8/7 10:23:47
                    Depends on how much land they farm and if they have - playhard NWMSU - 8/7 10:41:49
                         corp farms rely on family farms(nm) - meatiger MU - 8/7 10:44:39
                    Farmers work a whole lot less - meatiger MU - 8/7 10:34:50
                         Farmers who are bad at cash management fail - XRob MU - 8/7 10:47:10
                              crop farmers - meatiger MU - 8/7 10:55:25
                                   You obviously have no idea what it takes(nm) - Tptiger MU - 8/7 12:02:15
                                   Lol. Yeah that's it. A few days in the field a year is all - sprintcar STL - 8/7 11:37:46
     easy solution: stop the college industrial complex. - dangertim MU - 8/7 09:57:41
          Absolutely. - kmawv8 MU - 8/7 10:34:41
          Thinkin about moving over here - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 8/7 10:06:23
               I'm for it, just remember, if you feel the need to tard - dangertim MU - 8/7 10:22:45
     completely disagree - meatiger MU - 8/7 09:32:36
     This is just such a dumb, broad-stoked take. - tgr MU - 8/7 09:26:46
          25 year old is a Gen Z anyways - Grasslands MU - 8/7 10:13:18
          There's a family up the street that the wife is a nurse - playhard NWMSU - 8/7 09:49:17
               God damn - meatiger MU - 8/7 09:53:55
                    They have $200 to $250k worth of toys sitting in their - playhard NWMSU - 8/7 10:16:14
                         Probably family money - Grasslands MU - 8/7 10:50:07
                         Not really - meatiger MU - 8/7 10:22:56
     Living in debt - playhard NWMSU - 8/7 09:26:32
     Pasted - Grasslands MU - 8/7 09:22:19
     good grief. you boomers can't even link correctly (nm) - phrejd MU - 8/7 09:05:26




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